Brandon Deadman

Brandon Deadman serves as an Assistant Professor of the History of Ideas at the University of Austin. A historian and philosopher, he specializes in the history of Platonism, German Idealism, esotericism, and phenomenology, examining how divergent ontological commitments generate incommensurable metaphysical paradigms with profound implications for science, politics, and religion.

Education:

• Ph.D. candidate in History, University of Chicago (Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science)

Dr. Deadman's research centers on the tension between 'idealists' (gnostics seeking transcendent truth) and 'materialists' (nihilists accepting immanent knowledge) in European modernity. His work investigates Traditionalism (Guénon, Evola, Eliade) and the Conservative Revolution (Schmitt), while advocating for a revived Eliadean approach to comparative religion. Future projects include analyzing German Idealism as Platonism and tracing radical conservatism as the political wing of the Counter-Enlightenment, alongside interests in Wittgenstein and mathematical philosophy.

There is no publicly available information regarding Dr. Deadman's scientific awards, graduate student mentorship, grant funding, or laboratory affiliations.